Portrait
Portraits are one of the oldest genres of painting known to art, and it first appeared in ancient Egypt. For several centuries, there was a tendency to idealize features in order flatter important patrons for whom the portrait was for. Then, progressively, artists started to turn to ordinary people for their sitters, with fewer requirements limiting their choices, they were able to paint increasingly realist works.
Portraiture was influenced by the many movements of the 20th century and, rather than getting closer to reality, painters used portraits as a means to experiment with new artistic techniques and theories. Photography and sculpture followed a similar path, thus showing the incredible creativity and interpretation of artists.
Today there is an enormous variety of unusual portraits that don't aim flatter their sitters in the least but rather be expressive. Disfigured faces, surprising collages, distorted human forms and even creatures that are half-human, half-animal: there are no rules and creativity flows!
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François Gruson
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 148 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 58.3 x 0 inch
$10,905
François Gruson
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 136 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 53.5 x 0.4 inch
$8,481
François Gruson
Fine Art Drawings - 125 x 115 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 49.2 x 45.3 x 0 inch
$10,299
Hélène Lagnieu
Fine Art Drawings - 110 x 75 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 43.3 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$5,452
Alexander Daniloff
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$158
Julio Gonzalez
Fine Art Drawings - 20.2 x 18.6 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 7.3 x 0 inch
$12,116
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15.3 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 6 x 0.1 inch
$339
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.1 inch
$133
Claudine Loquen
Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 10.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.8 x 4.1 x 0 inch
$218
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 47 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$6,058
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 61 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24 x 0 inch
$3,635
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 61 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24 x 0 inch
$3,635
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$6,058
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 86 x 61 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.9 x 24 x 0 inch
$4,847
Gérald Panighi
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 27.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 10.8 x 0.1 inch
$969
Emile-François Chambon
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 41.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 16.3 x 0.1 inch
$788
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 28.8 x 21.3 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.3 x 8.4 x 0 inch
$303
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 29.8 x 23.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$303
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 25.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 10 x 0 inch
$303
Kosta Kulundzic
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 110 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 43.3 x 2 inch
$4,847
Sergey Bondarev
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 75 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.1 inch
$7,149
Maryse-Anne Couteau
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$4,241
Maryse-Anne Couteau
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch
$3,453
Kristina Mallen
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$666 $600
Herve Malcom Thomas
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$291
Julio Gonzalez
Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 12.7 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.4 x 5 x 0 inch
$19,386
Tadeusz Kantor
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 26 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 10.2 x 0.1 inch
$7,270
